Dandrogyny
And I won't be calling them "it" either.
That's up to them. Not me.
Unfortunately it's completely off topic. Seems like you just wanted to start s**t.
A lot of words get "made up". Intersex wasn't always around either but now it's become a medical term, since "hermaphrodite" was both medically inaccurate and offensive. It's not "doublespeak," nor is it stupid. "It" is offensive and does not apply to people, no matter what you say. Get over it.
I didn't ask you to. You seem to think I've been suggesting that you should call them "it", when all I've been doing is expressing how daft I think "xe" is.
Granted.
It's off topic to talk about appropriate gender-neutral terminology in a topic about a gender-neutral child? I don't think so chap.
The word isn't useless because it's made up. It's useless because I am a firm believer that words exist to reference points in perceptual reality as a mental concept. As far as mental concepts go, the sentiment you have been trying to express already exists in "they". So to me, using "xe" is like saying "I don't like the word gravy, so I'm going to call it gravenings".
It deliberately disguises and distorts the meaning of words. It is doublespeak.
I didn't deny "it" is offensive. I'm questioning why we consider it offensive, as it doesn't apply exclusively to objects, and we only assume it does because we don't use gendered pronouns for objects in English.
"Get over it"? Grow up. I can use the same attitude to say "Xe is a ******** dumb word. Get over it."